User:Grover cleveland/History of the laws of the game/Sheffield/1873

AGM (no rule changes)
1873-10-08

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Sheffield Football Clubs' Association. —The annual meeting of the above association was held on Wednesday, at Mr. Armfield's, Adeiphi Hotel, Arundel street. There was s numerous attend- ai.ee. The chair wss occupied by Mr. B. W. Dickenson tie vice-president, in the absence of Mr. J. C. Shaw, the president. Tbe first business was the reading of ac-onnts by tbe hon. sec., Mr. Skinner, which showed a satisfactory balance in hand, snd on the motion of Messrs. Donovan and Bryan they were passed. Owing to an old standing deficiency in the accounts, Messrs. Anderson snd Donovan proposed thst the surplus funds be vested in ths joint names of the officers of the society, which was carried. The names of the delegates from tbe various clubs were then given in Brightside snd Kimberworth 'then applied and ware admitted into the association, and were represented re- spectively by Messrs. J. F. _hB and F. Hall, thus n:akirg a total of 21 clubs. The election of officers was then proceeded with, and resulted as follows — Pre- aident snd treasurer, Mr. J. C. Shaw • vice-president Mr. B. W. Dickenson ; hen. sec., Mr. W. Skinner, all of _ bom were re-elected. Messrs. Marsh and ?? wars re-elected auditors. It was proposed, as anew rule, by the Wednesday Club, and carried :— " That an annual general meeting be held in the last week in February, for the alteration pf playing rules (if neces- sary), to come into force the succeeding season." The Surrey Club then proposed the following- addition to rule four .— " Tbat it be in the power of the committee to appoint one of their body to aot as assiata&t secre- tary, if required:" which wss also carried. After ?? details had been gone through the Chairman appealed to football players for their support to the Accident Fund, and announced a benefit to be held on bebalf of its funds shortly— at the Alexandra, on Thursday, the 6th November.— Votes of thinks to ths c flic-era of ths past ■ssson concluded tho ?? of the meeting. — Afterwards a meeting of «k_?!*at__ was _ eld, wher it was proposed and carried : — " That clubs rend in an unlimited number of candidates for the fnrlheemirg London match, on November lat, -u.i. i . uii._tk __ to be sent in previous to October 20th.